Crashing Parallels for Mac.

[jelwell]

I just crashed my Parallel for Mac application.

Here's what I did, roughly:
I'm on a MacBookPro (17")
I'm using a "plain hard drive".
Was using 2 displays at work: one external and the laptop's.
Parallels may have been fullscreened on the external display.
Put macbookpro to sleep by closing lid. (May have unplugged external display before or after i closed lid *shrug*)
Opened macbookpro at home with only one display (laptop's)
Parallels looked fine.
Moved mouse over to parallels.
Hit: APPLE-Q in an attempt to quit parallels and, presumably save the current stat of the machine.
Parallels crashed.

Sent a report to Apple, here's what was inside:

Apparently my crash log is too long for a post. So you'll have to email me to get it. *sigh*

I copied my .hdd and .pvs file to a backup location, in case that helps.

I get this notice when I try to laod the crashed hdd:

Configuration file /Users/jelwell/Library/Parallels/winxp/winxp.pvs is already used by another instance of Parallels Desktop.

Do you want to override a lock and open file anyway (this action may be potentially dangerous since changes done by a concurrent user may be lost) ?

It appears to have booted fine. I just bought Parallels today, so I hope it's not going to be crashing every day I use it.
Joseph Elwell.

 

[jelwell]

I had been shutting down parallels before I go home from work. But today I decided not to.

CRASH

It's a shame no one at parallels bothered to ask for my crash report. It's as if they don't care about their product crashing.

It's a good product as long as you shut it down before putting your machine to sleep.
Joseph Elwell.

 

[charlieg]

I had same problem today

Did you solve your problem?

Today, after a mac system crash while in XP I rebooted onto my MacBook but could not subsequently open Parallels. I get the same message that another instance of XP is running.

I'm afraid to unlock and continue.

Any suggestions?
thanks
charlieg

 

[joem]

1. Apple-Q will not save the state of the machine.

2. After a Mac reboot, continuing in the face of the "another instance" message is safe.